亚洲网紅露点

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trice

1

[ trahys ]

noun

  1. a very short time; an instant:

    in a trice.



trice

2

[ trahys ]

verb (used with object)

Nautical.
triced, tricing.
  1. to pull or haul with a rope.
  2. to haul up and fasten with a rope (usually followed by up ).

-trice

3
  1. variant of -trix.

trice

1

/ 迟谤补瑟蝉 /

noun

  1. moment; instant (esp in the phrase in a trice )
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

trice

2

/ 迟谤补瑟蝉 /

verb

  1. troften foll byup nautical to haul up or secure
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍路迟谤颈肠别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of trice1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English tryse; probably special use of trise (unrecorded) 鈥渁 pull, tug,鈥 derivative of trisen, 鈥渢o pull鈥; trice 2

Origin of trice2

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English trisen, from Middle Dutch 迟谤墨蝉别苍 鈥渢o hoist,鈥 derivative of 迟谤墨蝉别 鈥减耻濒濒别测鈥

Origin of trice3

< French or Italian -trice < Latin -迟谤墨肠别尘, accusative of -迟谤墨虫 -trix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of trice1

C15 (in the phrase at or in a trice , in the sense: at one tug): apparent substantive use of trice

Origin of trice2

C15: from Middle Dutch 迟谤墨蝉别苍 , from 迟谤墨蝉别 pulley
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鈥淣owadays it often seems writing is nothing at all,鈥 Duras recorded in it presciently, years before the internet made everyone a cr茅ateur or -trice.

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At least a hundred people died in that one, including 15 who were standing on bridges marveling at the rush of waters when, in a trice, the waters tore away the bridges.

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"Maggot topping, all slimy and nice! I shall devour it in a trice!"

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In a trice they were back, moist snouts poking from the excavation.

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Healy was later accused of 鈥渢ricing鈥 some of the mutineers 鈥 that is, tying their hands behind their backs, then hanging them so that their toes barely touched the deck.

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